Major Figures in American Music OHV 261 Quincy Jones TABLE OF CONTENTS d-f Quincy Jones OHV 261 d-f with Gregg Bendian January 11, 2014 Bel Air, CA Side d Daughter, family – world affairs, Arab Spring – China – multilingualism – family – early memories, childhood – starting to play instruments – Ray Charles – racism growing up – Hiroshima and Nagasaki – “you’ve got to go to know” – State Department tour (with Gillespie) – mentorship – Clifford Brown – composition lessons with Boulanger – Stravinsky – Villa-Lobos – culture in America – classes with Messiaen – Slonimsky’s Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns – favorite composers – working as a film composer – plans to make a film about Alexander Pushkin – working with Miles Davis – Global Gumbo (new group) Side e Tracing genetic roots – Alex Haley and Roots (1977 miniseries) – Barack Obama – Bill and Hillary Clinton – Middle Eastern politics – Rwandan genocide – Herbie Hancock – Sweden – relationship with Lill Babs – proudest musical achievements – working with Leslie Gore – Marvin Hamlisch’s Oscar wins – Zindzi Mandela – what makes a good producer – Bumps Blackwell – Clint Eastwood – Frank Gehry – on aging and forgetting – Penny Pritzker – John Glenn, astrology, and astronomy – awards at the Space Museum – Broadway shows and movies – music history, African soundscape – Pop musicians – Charlie Sheen – Bikram yoga – aneurisms and recovery – on diet, DNA, and health – Johnny Mandel – Live Aid, philanthropy with Bono – meeting Pope John Paul II – gangs in favelas – Badr Jafar and working in the Emirates – philanthropic projects in the Middle East – Kidada Jones and Tupac – jazzers and producers – on comebacks – synesthesia and art – retrograde inversion – Moldavian – Debussy and Ravel – Boulanger’s teaching style – “emotion lotion” and working with Steven Spielberg Side f Turkey and Arif Mardin – Voice of America – George Avakian – Alzheimer’s – Stephen Hawking – working with Sammy David, Jr. – family life and playing clubs at a young age – “I’m going to let music be my mother” – working with Hal Ashby – American economy – Beijing Olympic Games – human rights in China – Berlusconi – Bill Clinton – Malcolm X – Qatar and museum projects – racism in American politics – Ancient Egypt – modern Middle Eastern politics – women – Rashida Jones on Who Do You Think You Are? – Playing in Sweden – Noa (Achinoam Nini) – contact with Martin Luther King, Jr. – Mehmet Oz – archives and music history .